Tucson does NOT equal Fort Hood!

[leftygolfer]

I just had a huge fight with my brother-in-law and I need to vent. He won't stop rambling about the "left winger" at Fort Hood. He can't even pronounce false equivalence, much less understand it. I tried to explain to him that just because a shooter is Muslim doesn't make him a left winger. If anything, he's more a right winger with his allegiance to his religion leading him to kill. I left in the middle of a family game to come upstairs. So infuriating.

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Hug... there are times that it is simply not worth it

[leftygolfer]

2. Thank you

If there's one thing those neanderthals can do well, it's get under my skin. deep breaths. deep breaths.

[sharesunited]

3. No, it certainly doesn't!

The Fort Hood shooter bought his guns at the Guns Galore store in Killeen.

The Tucson shooter bought his gun at the much more dignified sounding Sportsman's Warehouse.

[kestrel91316]

4. Exactly. Islamic fundamentalism is just as right wing as Christian fundamentalism.

[upi402]

5. He can only distinguish between: 1) like me 2) not like me

They can't think it through and facts don't touch them. Frustrating, especially with family and work or business.

Muslims are often the FURTHEST thing from liberal. But he can only distinguish;
1) like me
2) not like me

And 'not like' me = enemy.

[NuclearDem]

6. And since 'not like me' also = liberals

Liberals = enemy

If a=b and b=c...a=c.

Muslims = enemy
Liberals = enemy

Muslims = Liberals

Freeper algebra for you!

[Horse with no Name]

7. Both of these attacks have the same underlying current

Both shooters were mentally ill.

[cali]

9. exactly.

[One_Life_To_Give]

13. +1

[social_critic]

8. Tell your sister her husband needs psychiatric help

That brother in law of yours is a terminal basket case. You should warn your sister about him, and stop talking to the guy, anybody who rambles about the Ft Hood case as a "leftwinger" issue is evidently delusional. If you live in Texas, this delusion is reinforced by the rabid nazi like commentary on the radio. So this can turn into a pretty bad case.

[leftygolfer]

10. She's worse than he is!

It all boils down to money and greed. They have it, I don't. Thus, in their minds, they are smarter, more patriotic, more "blessed".

[xchrom]

11. conservatives can't recognize their counterparts in other cultures or

even in this culture.

it's a little crazy -- don't ya think -- that looking in this mirror or that mirror -- they can't recognize themselves?

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